Project Files disappear after emptying Aperture trash

Here's an odd issue: I import raw/jpeg files from my Canon 5dMII into a created project in Aperture. I sift through the pix and delete what I don't want. I then check in Aperture's trash to see if the deleted files are there, then empty the trash. What happens then is Aperture also deletes the files that remain in the project from which I had just deleted files! I looked in my imac's regular trash and the the files from the project weren't there--poof--gone! After going through this a few times, I happened to notice some "mystery" projects appeared in my library: "Untitled Project (1)"; "Untitled Project (2)" and so on (four of them).
In these "untitled projects": The mysteriously deleted files from MY project! HUH? Aperture moved the files from my created project into an "Untitled Project" after emptying the trash. Now THAT--is weird....Help!

The files I deleted were masters (raw/jpeg) that I knew I didn't want/need in the project--no other versions were created from them--they were just looked at then deleted. So the files that remained in the project that Aperture moved into an "Untitled Folder" were unrelated to the deleted files. The fact I seem to be the only one with this issue is even stranger to me . Is Apple Feedback the best (only?) avenue to report this bug?

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